WHEN A MOM'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF 10 LOST HER TWO GRANDPARENTS SHE NOTICED THAT SHE NEVER SMILED. SHE WAS WAS A SENSITIVE CHILD AND SHE CALLED IT A DEPRESSION. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND AFTER SHE LEFT FOR SCHOOL. SHE SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT OF A WAY TO GIVE HER A THERAPEUTIC HUG. SHE HAD BEEN READING ABOUT IT. SHE RESOLVED TO HUGGING HER AS OFTEN AS SHE COULD WITHOUT IT SEEMING PREMEDITATED.
OVER THE WEEKS SHE GREW CHEERFUL AGAIN AND SMILED AGAIN. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THE HUGS HAD CONQUERED THE GLOOM. SHE RECOGNIZED HOW IMPORTANT THE HUGS HAD BEEN AND WE HUGGED EACH OTHER DAILY.
HER DAUGHTER WAS GOING TO COLLEGE AND THEY CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY BEFORE SHE LEFT. HER DAUGHTER HAD THOUGHT OF A GREAT GIFT FOR HER. SHE WORKED ON HER GIFT IN HER ROOM. SHE MADE A SPECIAL CARD FOR HER. IT WAS A STORY ABOUT THE HUGGING JUDGE..A RETIRED JUDGE CREATED A HUGGER KIT THAT CONTAINED STICK ON HEARTS HE COULD OFFER STRANGERS FOR A HUG. THE JUDGE WENT TO A NURSING HOME WHERE HE MET ONE MAN WHO COULD DO NOTHING BUT DROOL. HE GAVE HIM A HUG AND HE SMILED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23 YEARS!
SHE MADE HER MOM SOME HAND SEWN SMALL HEART SHAPED PILLOWS THAT FIT INTO A CANISTER. EVERY TIME HER MOM LOOKS AT THAT CANISTER SHE FEELS AS IF SHE HAS HUGGED HER.
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